{"id":110470,"date":"2017-08-08T02:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T06:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110470"},"modified":"2017-08-08T02:43:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T06:43:43","slug":"afp-ph-yet-to-receive-notice-of-us-airstrike-plan-in-marawi-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/08\/afp-ph-yet-to-receive-notice-of-us-airstrike-plan-in-marawi-city\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP: PH yet to receive notice of US airstrike plan in Marawi City"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110471\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFP-GHQ-BNB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110471\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFP-GHQ-BNB.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Direct military actions may only be allowed during actual invasion of the Philippines by another state actor,&quot; he said. &quot;We at the AFP is yet to receive any formal notice or offer for such air capability deployment.&quot; (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFP-GHQ-BNB.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFP-GHQ-BNB-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Direct military actions may only be allowed during actual invasion of the Philippines by another state actor,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We at the AFP is yet to receive any formal notice or offer for such air capability deployment.&#8221; (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA, Aug. 8<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the Philippines is yet to receive a formal notice from the United States of its reported plan to conduct airstrikes in the besieged Marawi City\u00a0and noted that such proposal, if any, has to undergo a process.<\/p>\n<p>AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o\u00a0said only when the Philippines is actually invaded by &#8220;another state actor&#8221; can direct military action involving US forces can be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Direct military actions may only be allowed during actual invasion of the Philippines by another state actor,&#8221; he said.\u00a0&#8220;We at the AFP is yet to receive any formal notice or offer for such air capability deployment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the existing Mutual Defense Treaty with the US stipulates that only technical assistance and training may be allowed under the Mutual Defense Board-Security Engagement Board.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o expressed appreciation over US&#8217; desire to help in the ongoing fight against terrorists in the southern Mindanao city but also emphasized that it has to undergo a process. &#8220;And a covenant must be had between the Commanders-in-Chief of both nations before that option my be adopted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate Pentagon&#8217;s reported desire to help the Philippines in the fight against Daesh-inspired Maute Group because terrorism is a global menace that the community of nations must unite to fight against,&#8221; A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n<p>A US news network\u00a0reported the Pentagon is considering a plan that would allow the US military to conduct air strikes in\u00a0Marawi City.\u00a0Fighting in Marawi City started when government forces tried to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader and ISIS &#8220;emir&#8221; Isnilon Hapilon last May 23.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>(With Kathryn Villamayor-OJT\/PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 8\u00a0&#8212; The head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the Philippines is yet to receive &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[3243,2510,7206,2866],"class_list":["post-110470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-afp","tag-airstrike","tag-marawi","tag-usa","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}